friendly

adj.

1 behaving in a kind/pleasant way

VERBS

▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ exceptionally, genuinely

▪

Frank was a genuinely friendly guy.

▪ perfectly

▪

He seemed detached, but perfectly friendly.

▪ overly, too

▪

He was starting to get too friendly (= in a sexual way).

▪ almost

▪

For once he seemed almost friendly.

▪ not exactly, not particularly

▪

Her manner was not exactly friendly

▪ naturally

PREPOSITION

▪ to, towards/toward

▪

He was always friendly towards/toward me.

2 being friends

VERBS

▪ be, seem

▪ become, get

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪

They were pretty friendly when they worked together.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

▪

She's very friendly with Maureen.

PHRASES

▪ be on friendly terms (with sb)

▪

We have managed to remain on friendly terms.

3 easy to use/helpful/not harmful

VERBS

▪ be

ADVERB

▪ environmentally

▪

environmentally friendly cleaning products

Friendly is used with these nouns: ↑atmosphere, ↑attitude, ↑banter, ↑chat, ↑competition, ↑confines, ↑conversation, ↑country, ↑disposition, ↑dog, ↑embrace, ↑environment, ↑face, ↑fashion, ↑fire, ↑fixture, ↑folk, ↑force, ↑gesture, ↑greeting, ↑grin, ↑guy, ↑hand, ↑hotel, ↑hug, ↑kiss, ↑letter, ↑manner, ↑match, ↑neighbour, ↑neighbourhood, ↑overture, ↑pat, ↑pub, ↑rapport, ↑reception, ↑relation, ↑relationship, ↑reminder, ↑rival, ↑rivalry, ↑service, ↑settlement, ↑shove, ↑slap, ↑smile, ↑territory, ↑tone, ↑troops, ↑voice, ↑waiter, waitress, ↑warning, ↑wave, ↑way, ↑welcome, ↑word